Star sellers can amass huge followings and eye-popping fortunes, through a format that mixes consumerism and entertainment. But competition is fierce, and the government is watching.
Category: China
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China Is Cracking Down on Bankers. Here Are Some of the Targets.
As Xi Jinping and the Communist Party further exercise control over the economy, the financial sector is coming under close scrutiny.
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China’s Search Engines Have More Than 66,000 Rules Controlling Content, Report Says
Researchers from the Citizen Lab, a cybersecurity research group, found that the most diligent censor in China is Microsoft’s search engine Bing, the only foreign search engine operating in the country.
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China Says Chatbots Must Toe the Party Line
The Communist Party outlined draft rules that would set guardrails on the rapidly growing industry of services like ChatGPT.
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China Says Chatbots Must Toe the Party Line
The Communist Party outlined draft rules that would set guardrails on the rapidly growing industry of services like ChatGPT.
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New York Philharmonic, Pushing Cultural Diplomacy, Plans Asia Tour
Amid rising political tensions, the orchestra said it would perform in Hong Kong and Taiwan this summer and send a delegation of musicians to mainland China.
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Yellen to Call for ‘Constructive’ China Relationship
The Treasury secretary will strike a more conciliatory note in a speech Thursday, following months of escalated tensions between the world’s two largest economies.
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Tesla’s Profit Dropped Sharply in First Quarter as It Cut Prices
The electric carmaker has reduced prices by thousands of dollars this year to bolster demand and fend off competition.
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In China, a Big Auto Show Returns to a Country That Has Gone Electric
The Shanghai auto show, the largest in China since before the pandemic, had one theme: The dominance of electric vehicles in the world’s largest car market is here to stay.
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‘Zero Covid’ Behind It, China’s Economy Starts to Recover
The economy grew 4.5 percent in the first three months of the year, a pickup from the end of 2022, when the relaxation of pandemic prevention measures led to a wave of illness.
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Price War Over Electric Cars Erupts in China
The intense competition among the country’s huge number of start-up carmakers has unsettled what had been a pillar of the economy in the last few years.
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Pressure Mounts on China to Offer Debt Relief to Poor Countries Facing Default
There was optimism at the spring meetings of the I.M.F. and World Bank that China will make concessions over restructuring its loans.